Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman…
the shoes made him feel what the lieutenant feels, but he didn't like it, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: shoes, him, lieutenant · What happens: make, feel, not like · To what, where: him, it
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 279 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman flies to the moon in a wink, and his body dies on the street» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 shoes | det |
| 2 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | obj |
| 5 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | xcomp |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 feels | obj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lieutenant | det |
| 8 | lieutenant | lieutenant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 feels | nsubj |
| 9 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 feel | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 like | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 like | cc |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 like | nsubj |
| 13 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 like | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 like | advmod |
| 15 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | parataxis |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 like | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 like | punct |
| 18 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 3 made | discourse |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the shoes | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | feel | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | feel | present | the lieutenant | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | |||||
| 4 | not like | past · do-support | lieutenant | it | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
nah, he kept feeling the lieutenant's money worries for days after
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | feeling | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 kept | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lieutenant | det |
| 7 | lieutenant | lieutenant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 worries | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 lieutenant | case |
| 9 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 worries | compound |
| 10 | worries | worry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 feeling | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 days | case |
| 12 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 feeling | obl |
| 13 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 feeling | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | feel after | gerund | he not said here | the lieutenant's money worries | day | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worry=Theme | |||
| 3 | worry | the lieutenant | nom worry «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, he was back to watchman quick smart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 watchman | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 watchman | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 watchman | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 watchman | cop |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 watchman | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 watchman | case |
| 7 | watchman | watchman | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 smart | amod |
| 9 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 watchman | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | to watchman | tree rules |
Option 3
yeah, he was back to watchman quick smart, and he never wanted those shoes again
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 watchman | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 watchman | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 watchman | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 watchman | cop |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 watchman | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 watchman | case |
| 7 | watchman | watchman | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 smart | amod |
| 9 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 watchman | amod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 wanted | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 wanted | cc |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 wanted | nsubj |
| 13 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 14 wanted | advmod |
| 14 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 watchman | parataxis |
| 15 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 16 shoes | det |
| 16 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 wanted | obj |
| 17 | again | again | ADV | _ | 14 wanted | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | to watchman | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not want | past | he | that shoes | again | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shoe=Theme |
Option 4
nah, he kept the shoes on all night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shoes | det |
| 6 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 kept | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 night | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 night | det |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | the shoes | night | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |
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